Nutrition crisis: healing the harm from bad science
By Marika Sboros Crisis, you say. What crisis? If you’re talking nutrition science, it’s not just one crisis. Take your pick from related crises around [more]
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Dr James Muecke eyes sugar, T2 diabetes: a ‘real pandemic’?
By Marika Sboros Australian ophthalmologist Dr James Muecke has clear vision. He wakes each day and sees in graphic, gory detail a threat hanging over [more]
The Diet Fix: Finally, the ‘last word’ in weight loss
By Marika Sboros Are you battling to lose weight? Confused by the minefield of conflicting nutrition and weight-loss advice out there? Or are you simply [more]
Kendrick, Wikipedia and ‘dark forces’ waging war on science
By Marika Sboros When I heard that Wikipedia had deleted Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s profile, I was shocked. Not just because I’ve met Kendrick, [more]
Dr Jason Fung’s single best weight loss tip!
By Marika Sboros Psst! If your MD or dietitian still subscribes to the CICO (calories-in, calories-out) obesity model, find another one. Quick! According to the [more]
Coconut oil is ‘pure poison’ – Harvard prof
By Marika Sboros Harvard epidemiology professor Karen Michels has sent social media into overdrive with her claim that coconut oil is “pure poison”. She also [more]
Saturated fat causes heart disease? Bollocks, says Kendrick!
Quick! If your doctor or dietitian still says you should eat a low-fat diet for your heart’s sake, find another one. In the final of [more]
Cholesterol, fat heart puzzle – Kendrick solves it
Some find it puzzling that cardiologists still tell patients to avoid saturated fat like the plague. And that they also tell patients to lower their [more]
Vintage eating: look backward, fast forward for good health!
By Marika Sboros Fast food is often just a euphemism for junk food. Ditto for “convenience”, so-called “comfort” food. A new book gives bold new taste, [more]
LCHF slips into medical mainstream at PHC event! PART 1
By Marika Sboros If you harbour any doubt that low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) diets are becoming medical mainstream, the recent Public Health Collaboration (PHC) annual conference [more]
Sugar ‘conspiracy’ – sweet figment of the mind? Lustig weighs in
By Marika Sboros Was there ever a “Big Sugar Conspiracy”? Did the sugar industry (including Coca-Cola) really und and influence nutrition scientists and research. Only [more]
Carnivore queen, white-hat hacker O’Hearn on magic of meat
VITAL SIGNS By Marika Sboros Today, Foodmed launches Vital Signs, an occasional series of Q&A interviews with those forging new paths in nutrition science globally. [more]
Low-fat good for you? Experts keep zombie myth alive
The low-fat diet for heart disease and other serious chronic diseases is a zombie myth, say some doctors and nutrition experts. Those who keep it [more]
‘PURE’ proof that fats don’t kill and dietary guidelines are wrong?
By Marika Sboros PURE is the acronym for a major new (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) cohort study that is creating controversy about dietary guidelines globally. [more]
Kosher low-carb lifestyles for beginners – and not just for Jews
By Marika Sboros If you are Jewish and kosher then this book is for you. Even if you aren’t kosher or Jewish, it’s still for [more]
Low-Carb Companion: a new best friend for life
By Marika Sboros Low-carb books are not yet a dime a dozen but they are weighing down shelves in bookstores and in cyberspace. The Low-Carb Companion should fly [more]
Big Food to get a taste of its own medicine?
By Marika Sboros There’s something deliciously karmic about Big Food finally getting a taste of its own medicine. Years ago, I interviewed the head dietitian [more]
Coconut oil – can it kill you or will the AHA kill you first?
By Marika Sboros The American Heart Association (AHA) is raising researchers’ blood pressure into the stratosphere. The BBC reported the AHA latest “presidential advisory ” [more]
Obesity? Forget the fats, it’s the carbs, stupid, says cardiologist
What does obesity have to do with hearts? Lots. Icelandic cardiologist Dr Axel Sigurdsson spoke recently at a meeting mostly of cardiologists and endocrinologists. He [more]
Groundhog Day as the HPCSA goes after Noakes again
By Marika Sboros Groundhog Day or deja vue? Take your pick. The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has announced an appeal against its own [more]